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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Cassava(This can be purchased already grated at some asian or latino markets)Coconut Milk (Canned works just fine)Bit of brown sugar and butter

Directions:

1. Use a grate to scrape the cassava into small pieces smaller than a grain of rice. 2. Do the same with the Coconut, then squeeze the milk out of the coconut. 3. Mix the scraped cassava with sugar to make it a nice brown color 4. Add the coconut milk to create a thick mixture 5. Rub the inside of a cake pan with butter to prevent sticking**see below 6. Put it straight away into a hot oven - this is not a bread so the cake takes about 45 minutes to make. 7. The cake should have a firm but moist and soft feel and be brown on top with a thin skin.8. Cut and enjoy!

Cassava cake is delicious and is normally served with afternoon tea or breakfast.

Bring entire can of chicken stock to a boil in a medium-sized pot. Pour about a half-cup of the hot chicken broth in a small serving bowl on the side. To this, add 1 tablespoons of the powdered dashi saimin broth (in the packet) and stir to fully dilute and combine. Garnish with green onion (this also adds flavor!).

To the chicken broth pot, add 2 cups of water and bring to a boil once again. Once its boiling, add the fresh saimin noodles and cook until al dente, about 3-4 minutes. Drain noodles thoroughly (you can save the hot chicken stock & water to cook another serving by pouring it out into another pot).

While the noodles are cooking, in a small cup or bowl, combine the shoyu, oyster sauce, diluted dashi saimin broth and oil together using a spoon, whisking briskly to infuse the oil with the other ingredients. This is the key component in the dish, so the better you mix it and taste it to your liking, the better!

Immediately after draining, place hot, cooked noodles into a large mixing bowl. Now drizzle the soy, oyster, dashi and oil sauce mixture slowly (emphasize SLOWLY!) onto the noodles and toss to evenly c0at. Add just enough to taste, better underdoing it than overdoing it. Go by the feel of the force, Jedi master. lol But seriously, do that.

Then add sauce-coated cooked saimin noodles to serving bowl and top with all your garnishes. Serve immediately while hot along with the side bowl of broth. Enjoy.